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Le Boeuf par....Zut.

Print
1870-1871 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Rouge Frères Et Comp. (printer)
Le Petit, Alfred (caricaturist)
Duclaux (publisher)
Place of origin
Paris (made)
Paris (printed)

Satirical print showing Marshal Leboeuf lecherously squeezing the Empress Eugénie round the waist as they ride side by side on an ox [boeuf] with the features of Napoleon III. The wilful Eugénie carries a whip and smiles. Print from a set of caricatures, broadsheets and illustrations in ten volumes. Each volume is half-bound in red leather, gold tooled and stamped with imperial emblems, title etc.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Caricatures & Cartoons
Object type
Print
TitleLe Boeuf par....Zut. (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
'Le Boeuf par....Zut'. Satirical illustration by Alfred le Petit with a depiction of the Empress Eugènie and Marshal Leboeuf riding an ox with the features of Napoleon III. Hand-coloured lithograph, France, 1870-1871.
Physical description
Satirical print showing Marshal Leboeuf lecherously squeezing the Empress Eugénie round the waist as they ride side by side on an ox [boeuf] with the features of Napoleon III. The wilful Eugénie carries a whip and smiles. Print from a set of caricatures, broadsheets and illustrations in ten volumes. Each volume is half-bound in red leather, gold tooled and stamped with imperial emblems, title etc.
Dimensions
  • Height: 28.8cm
  • Width: 21.5cm
Dimensions from: Lambert, Susan. The Franco-Prussian War and The Commune in Caricature 1870-71. catalogue of a collection of prints in the possession of the Department of Prints and Drawings of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1971.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Le Boeuf par....Zut. - No. 3 Eugénie, - Je vous en prie, ayez un peu de tenue mon cher Le Boeuf. / Le Boeuf. - Mille pardons, belle dame, ce n'est pas moi qui suis le boeuf.....c'est lui. Se Vend chez Duclaux, 21, place du Château-d'Eau. - Dépòt chez Madre, 20, rue du Croissant. Paris. - Typ. Rouge frères et Comp.' (Lettered)
  • 'Relief D. Delaitre 15, Rue de Seine' (Lettered.)
  • 'Zut' (Signed)
Gallery label
(27/05/1971-10/10/1971)
Le Petit, Alfred "Zut" (1841-1909)

A visual pun on the name of Marshal Leboeuf, war minister from 1869, who lecherously squeezes Eugénie round the waist as they ride side by side on an ox [boeuf] with the features of Napoleon. The wilful Eugénie carries the whip.

Process engraving, coloured by hand. E.345-1962
Historical context
A visual pun on the name of Marshal Leboeuf (1809-89), French War Minister from 1869.
Subjects depicted
Uniform
Emperor
Empress
Ox
Whip
The Empress Eugenie
Bonaparte, Napoleon III
Leboeuf, Marshal
Bibliographic references
  • Lambert, Susan, The Franco-Prussian War and The Commune in Caricature 1870-71: catalogue of a collection of prints in the possession of the Department of Prints and Drawings of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, V&A, 1971
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.345-1962

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Record createdJanuary 30, 2009
Record URL
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